RedHawks win fourth straight road game

Jan 13, 2012

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - Lake Superior State continued its
Friday-night woes with a 2-1 loss to Miami during Game 1 of this
weekend's Central Collegiate Hockey Association series at Taffy
Abel Arena. The Lakers dropped to 3-8-1 this season on Friday
nights. LSSU (12-10-3 overall and 7-8-2-2 in the CCHA) fell to
fifth place in the CCHA standings.

Miami (12-9-2 overall, 8-7-2-1 CCHA), winner of four straight
road games, jumped two points and at least one spot ahead of the
Lakers in the league standings. LSSU still leads Miami in the
season series, 2-1.

The Lakers, while on a power-play, pulled goalie Kevin Kapalka
on a delayed penalty call and scored the first goal of the game
with an extra attacker. Sophomore Kellan Lain (5-3--8) tallied
Lakers' lone goal of the night at 17:33 of the first period. Lain's
goal was assisted by senior defenseman Kyle Haines (3-12--15) and
sophomore forward Colin Campbell (4-1--14).

At 1:13 of the second period, Miami tied it 1-1 with a goal from
Alden Hirschfeld. The RedHawks' Reilly Smith scored their
game-winning goal at 7:11 of the second period.

Kapalka (11-8-3-2) made 32 saves for the Lakers, while Connor
Knapp (6-4-0) totaled 25 saves for the RedHawks.

The Lakers were 1-for-3 on the power-play. Miami was held
to 1-for-5 on the power-play. LSSU lost junior Nick McParland, who
is the team's goal-scoring leader, to a five-minute major and game
misconduct penalty at 10:44 of the first period and played without
sophomore defenseman Andrew Perrault, who was serving a one-game
suspension for a checking from behind incident during the Jan. 7
game at Michigan.

LSSU and Miami will face off Saturday at the Taffy Abel Arena,
7:05 PM.